G'day all
Well thanks to He Who Is Infinitely Baztastic I have discovered the fine art of both masking tape-mockups and T-tailing.
I'll update the HS.1410 backstory to include the current airframe setup but for now please be content with these pics showing the general arrangement.
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Need to sand the left radiator intake down a tad more, may be tricky but I'll stick with it!
Awaiting a Frog Wyvern prop and some Evergreen sheet from my generous Canadian benefactor (Oh Canada, my wannabe native land), and then she can actually experience more cement. SEA camo with white rego is planned. Need the lettering though - anyone got a spare Hawker Siddeley logo or two circa 1974?
Lovely shape! :wub: T-tail is confirmed as a secret for Harmony... ^_^
That is lovely wallpaper ! I mean, that is a lovely shape ! Looks quite modern like that. Would look good on a two seater.
Way to go, Zac !
:wub:
QuoteG'day all
Well thanks to He Who Is Infinitely Baztastic I have discovered the fine art of both masking tape-mockups and T-tailing.
Awaiting a Frog Wyvern prop and some Evergreen sheet from my generous Canadian benefactor
Oooooooooooh...I'm pleased to say I have had to add a "Zac's Models" folder on the PC (along with Eddie's, Wolfik's, Leigh's, well, you know....).
That looks even better than I imagined. Man alive, this will be a stunner.
Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder: I've got to dig into the old 1:72 stash for the Wyverrn props. What was the sample of Evergreen stock size you need?
Zac that is sooo cool it hurts! I love it! With those wingtip tanks it reminds me of a prop-driven T-33.
Brian da Basher
Okay, I just pulled all the junk out of the way and dug into the old cabinets.
I was wrong, the kits I had in mind for the contra-rotating props were not Wyverns but Gannets (I may have a Frog Wyvern somewhere too but could take months to find it).
Will the props from this "Donetsk Toys Factory" Gannet work for you? They kind of look too narrow and wimpy to me. I believe this is a reboxed Frog kit. Only thing is that the prop spinner is not nearly as sleek. You could always make your own spinner out of a cut-off nose from a fuel tank, though.
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Gannet? GANNET? did someone say GANNET?
GANNET giveaway?
I knew that funny feeling of attraction I had back towards my comp was for a reason. I thought I felt a shift in the force.
GANNET?
Looking good Zac.
Stick a jet engine in the rear underfuselage and you have the Curtis XF15:
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QuoteI believe this is a reboxed Frog kit.
There's no way that it can be anything else. It takes a million year's worth of work to make a Gannet out of it, but for whiffing purposes, what the hey! ;)
I'm pretty sure I built that same Gannett years ago...only it came in a bag !
Or was I bagged when I built it.......
And keep the Gannett stuff down, eh boys ? Leigh's girl and kids are trying to get some sleep....
:ar:
:wub:
Love it to bits dude!!
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Oh man and to think all that money I spent on therapy to get this out of my system and I thought I was cured. Looks like the Doctors gonna be able to buy a new Porsche this year.
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If my frickin' order from White Ensign ever comes in, leigh, I'll send you one of my wee 350th scalers to play with. If times ever get rough, you can just pull it out of your wallet and relax.....or would that make it worse ?
;)
Okay, enough of the "G" word. Leigh - ignore us for the moment.
Baz, that would be great. I can work something out. And the Evergreen - you tell me, I've never used the stuff. It needs to fill in the space where the tailplane tabs would go in the fuse.
And you're going to create a Zac folder? I have to tell you I actually started to tear up, as in wet stuff out of eyes, I feel honoured. Thank you. B)
QuoteBaz, that would be great. I can work something out. And the Evergreen - you tell me, I've never used the stuff. It needs to fill in the space where the tailplane tabs would go in the fuse.
Okay, took me awhile to find this thread again (I've really got to start drinking alchohol).
I'll send you a little sample of Evergreen strip stock to fill those little tab-slots and the props/spinner from the Gannet.
;)
Quote(I've really got to start drinking alchohol).
Once you start down the dark side, forever will it guide your destiny...
A teetotaller too I am, enjoying it too.....
QuoteQuote(I've really got to start drinking alchohol).
Once you start down the dark side, forever will it guide your destiny...
True, but I hear all the hot chicks go for it!
Okay, um, BACK ON TOPIC!!!
I heard alcohol!
I drank a Bitburger yesterday as we did a saeurkraut at the airport.
There's nothing like eating sauerkraut amids a Pilatus P-3, a Harvard and a Caravan. I even went to see the Focke-Wulf to tell her how nice it had been.
I sure miss me C-FWOL... :(
:( :( Why have you and FWOL separated?
It's winter for Diego's (cool cat in "ICe Age") sake, and she has no heating, so she sleeps it out in the bigger hanger, while we fly around with the 208, and soon a 185 (when the ice decides to let us fly by stopping being so slippery on the runway.)
Next summer will be a good one, 4 confirmed airshows... B)
I only wish I could get there to see her...and to meet you, of course! Ah well....summer ain't too far off....You COULD move here, y'know. Winter normally has an average temperature of 15degrees Celsius!
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Next summer will be a good one, 4 confirmed airshows... B)
Who, what, where, when, how......I'll bring the beer !
;)
Québec City, Carp, Lac-à-la-Tortue and Rockliffe...
;)
Une-tario !
:P
QuoteWinter normally has an average temperature of 15degrees Celsius!
So does Montreal if you simply add a '-' in front. ^_^
:P
Okay, once more back on topic, here's a backstory I've just whipped up (hints of a future model or two in mind as well ;) ):
HAWKER-SIDDELEY HS.1410 "SUPER FURY"
Calls from various countries for a counter-insurgency (COIN) ground-attack aircraft reached the United Kingdom in 1974, and one of the companies to respond quickly was Hawker-Siddeley. Their HS.1410 design was essentially the company's earlier Sea Fury fighter of World War II vintage extensively redesigned.
A Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop of 2320hp was fitted in an extended cowling, and an eight-bladed contra-rotating propeller system was installed. Jettisonable tiptanks went onto a strengthened wing, and the horizontal stabilisers were moved to a T-tail position atop a cropped vertical fin. A new avionics package was developed especially and fitted, and eight hardpoints fitted under the wing. More effective brakes, from the Hawker Hunter, were fitted to improve stopping distance, and leading-edge slats installed to improve short take-off performance.
The prototype, registered G-HSSF, first flew on September 14 1974 from RAF Farnborough. Several test flights followed, and weapons testing at the range at Shoeburyness saw the design proven. Orders were received from several African air arms, as well as the Irish Potato Company of Belfast (later discovered to be a front for the IRA, who used their four aircraft against the SAS) and Argentina. Ironically the FAA Super Furies saw action against British forces in the Malvinas Reclamation War, being praised highly by President Galtieri after the successful end of the conflict. One Super Fury pilot was even awarded the Order of Argentina for his heroic actions against British positions at the Battle of Goose Green.
Today the aircraft remains in limited service in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is not known whether the other African aircraft remain in service, due to lack of access to them by Western observers. Several former Ethiopean aircraft were recovered by a group acting on behalf of major warbird collectors in 1993, and of these "refugees" two are now airworthy - one with the Commemorative Air Force in Texas, and the other with Stephen Grey's The Fighter Collection at Duxford. The final six Argentine aircraft were retired in 1992, after being used for patrols around Puerto Stanley, the capital of Islas Malvinas.
Anyone got some spare Argentine decals?
Hey, I mailed out your Gannet props and about ten sample bits of Evergreen stock last night.
:)
Thanks a million Baz B)
But what do you think of my backstory? I've got a real 2 Falkland Wars thing going on for some reason....
BUMP!!!!!!!
Thought I'd resurrect this puppy. I don;'t think she's eligible for Phoenix but I'm keen to get her built anyways! Progress pics tomorrow hopefully.